Audius governance attack on 2022-07-23
Governance attack on Ethereum, 23 Jul 2022. Last verified 4 Nov 2026.
notable
Reported loss
Not in USD
see the amount as stated below
Recovered
-
nothing reported
Status
Unknown
updated 26 Oct 2026
Date
Ethereum
Summary
On 2022-07-23 an attacker abused a bug in the initialization code of the Audius governance, staking and delegation contracts on Ethereum to pass a malicious proposal and move 18,564,497 AUDIO from the community treasury. The team patched and froze the contracts within hours.
- Protocol
- Audius
- Type
- Governance attack
- Reported loss
- 18,564,497 AUDIO
Facts and where they come from
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Date | July 23, 2022 | blog.audius.co ↗ |
| Amount | 18,564,497 AUDIO | blog.audius.co ↗ |
| Attacker address | 0xa62c3ced6906b188a4d4a3c981b79f2aabf2107f | blog.audius.co ↗ |
Primary sources
- Audius: Governance Takeover Post-Mortem ↗ post-mortem · accessed 2026-11-04
Our own summary of facts published by the sources above. We do not attribute fault beyond them. Amounts are as the sources state them (no USD conversion by us); links and quoted figures last checked 2026-11-04.
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